Well we have a Reasons to be Miserable and a Happy Box. Why not a weird can where we share the odd things that happen to us during the day?

Today, Saxa, Iztel and I were all awakened at exactly 6:30am by bizarre things happening. Mine wa my bed shaking, Saxa's was the garage door going haywire and Iztel's alarm clock had somehow fallen off her windowsill and onto the floor of her dorm. We think we had a mini earthquake, but we're not entirely sure...

Okay, this did not happen during my day, but it indeed hs happened about three months ago.

Death and me were woken up by somebody screaming in the neighbouring house - it started around 2 o'clock and went on until about 5 o'clock. This guy obviously had been in great pain - but still it had been very creepy.

Today, I was walking around school with Antifreeze, and a hobo was trying to get into the front doors. Like, a legit, toothless, scraggly bearded hobo, pounding on the door and holding a cardboard sign. We saw the same dude again at the bus stop.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to see Hamlet with my English class. Whilst stood outside the theater, this random guy (We assumed he was drunk) staggered up to my friend and I and asked us whether there was a good play on. My friend was too scared to answer so I replied "Hamlet". He then smiled really strangely and said "Mmmm...Ham-mam-let" before walking off again XD

Cleaned out Mutti's second-cousin's apartment. Found: Three guns, four boxes of ammunition, a book of Catholic catechism, a scapular, two rosaries, eight bibles, nine crucifixes, a jar of moldy mayonnaise, and eighty dollars in change.

So now, we've three guns, four boxes of ammunition and various Catholic items in our car. Ironic.

Cleaned out Mutti's second-cousin's apartment. Found: Three guns, four boxes of ammunition, a book of Catholic catechism, a scapular, two rosaries, eight bibles, nine crucifixes, a jar of moldy mayonnaise, and eighty dollars in change.

So now, we've three guns, four boxes of ammunition and various Catholic items in our car. Ironic.

Another funny thing happened in English class that I forgot to tell Mooky about.

So, we're reading 1984 which is all about a dystopian society and a corrupt government rife with propaganda and all of that fun stuff. So we all had to bring in an example of modern day propaganda. One girl brought in an Aquafina advert that had described the water as "100% pure liquid spunk." I was the only one who got this (British meaning being different to the American) and started giggling. The girl mentioned in the presentation that the meaning was different but didn't say WHAT it meant. So of course then my teacher says "Immy, perhaps you can give us some insight as to what "spunk" means in your country?"

I went as red as a tomato and said "...semen" in a very quiet voice.

Horrible. But hilarious when my English teacher looked horrified having realized what it meant.

Haha. And YES to the chocolate covered pretzels. You used to be able to get them from a VENDING MACHINE in my school. At the mall you can get cinnamon pretzels, which are actually deleicious though.

I'm not seen as a huge outsider. There's actually another British girl in my year, but she's really sporty (and my school is completely sports-oriented) so she fits in pretty well. But yeah, I guess I am an outsider, but for other reasons.

Aren't all American High Schools really sports orientated? Are they like in the films? Do you have jocks etc. Are cheerleaders all horrible people? What is a homecoming queen? Do people break into song all the time like in High School Musical and Grease? Is there a tannoy system through which the head teacher (principal) speaks to the pupils in the mornings? Do people get their heads flushed down toilets?

Mine is VERY sports oriented. We have no football team, though, as we are a tiny school. But we have got cheerleaders although there is nobody to cheer for...(um, baseball team? track team? Doesn't work as well.)

A homecoming queen or a prom queen is a voted girl who gets a tiara and basically is always popular. We have it at prom but not homecoming, as we haven't got a homecoming dance (no football.)

No dancing unfortunately :( But the sports teams have "spirit days" where they dress up in stupid costumes (ex. "superhero day") I will never forget the day it was "goth day" and I came into the bathroom to find them all putting on makeup and they all went quiet when I came in.

And yes, there is an intercom thingemy! Not usually used by the principal, though, moreso for "Will Such and such please come to the office?"

And I have never heard of anyone getting their head flushed down a toilet, though there probably has been once or twice at my school...

Last night on the way home we went in to get a takeaway. The guy serving us had an Indian accent, until he gave us our food and said "awright mate" in a really broad Belfast accent, then continued talking with an Indian accent.

Then we found he'd given us a bag of grated cheese as well as our food

One of the people with dementia today:Her: Nurse, nurse! Please, miss...Me: *turns around* Yes, ma'am?Her, with a flabbergasted look on her face ("Oh my GOD, she is looking at me!!"): Erm... eh... *gulp* ..eh...hello. *looks away looking scared*

Actually, that woman is quite cute and I know that she often just calls out to the nurses because she feels lonely and wants to have company. That's why I make a point of always smiling at her whenever I come by her chair, and try to have a little chat with her at least once a day (unfortunately, my Czech still is quite poor, so usually it's not more than: "hello, ma'am, how are you today, nice weather, isn't it?").It was just weird (and I found it funny, but then, I'm probably mean) that my answering her was such a huge and frightening distraction. Normally, it isn't.

Oh, and my man and i were driving home from gym, and he spots a rabbit on the pavement. So we turn around (in rush hour traffic) and attempt to herd the bunny back to the petting zoo/golf course/nature walk across the street. People were staring. We were in gym clothes. Chasing a rabbit. We got him home eventually, back to the other bunnies.

And Candy, my school doesn't have cheerleaders but people do break out in song!!

Today, I was walking in the hallway and all of a sudden I heard the beginning to "Friends" from Flight of the Concords behind me, which ended up being the boys' a capella group! Then the metalheads started air-guitaring and screaming and thrashing... and they got megaphone'd at by the Hallway Dick... but it was awesome. :D

Last night while trying to release the beast on the toilet I heard two cats fighting outside of the window. It was very awkward indeed, and the whole time I was on the toilet I was just wishing the cats would either stop fighting or find somewhere else to settle their differences until I left the bathroom.